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Hey guys, I have been fiddling with Nikko ebonite for some time and I always get different results while finishing it. To be more exact - I cannot get ebonite to be pitch black and besides that, there are black spots visible under strong light. My method of finishing is wet sanding from 320 -...

I managed to get a good deal on a chunk of beautiful Bolivian Coffewood and cut it down to about twenty pen blanks. I was excited to get started on some really nice pens. But, try as I may, they keep blowing out. Some times I get lucky and they blow up on the drill press before I’ve put much...

I've been making bullet pens with British military crests on. Made about 650 in the last 6 months to raise money for the various military charities. It has been a learning process but we seem to have cracked it now but I've just had two come back to me from June last year when I first...

Hi, I have just recently started to make pens, and facing this CA finishing problem. After watching hundreds of clips on YouTube about CA finish, since they all make it appear to be an easy process, I decided to give it a try. The problem I am having is as soon as I apply the CA...

I'm wondering if anyone out there has had this problem. I finally broke down and bought a 60 degree revolving center for the tailstock. The problem is, when I tried to remove the live center from the tail spindle, only the top of it came out (the portion that normally would contact the...